Converter sample from J2EE Tutorial problem

Question

Hello all,
I have built the ConvertApp using the J2EE as shown in the J2EE (which I highly recommend by the way --on-line or book version), but am getting the following error:
(from Verifier log file):
     FAILED TESTS :
     Test Name : tests.web.elements.WebEjbReferencesElement
     Test Assertion : Web archive references to other beans homes test
     Test Description : Error: Class [ ConverterHome ] not found in WEB-INF/classes or WEB-INF/lib.
For [ /ConverterWAR ]
Error: class [ ConverterHome ] cannot be found within this jar [ ConverterWAR ].
Error: Class [ Converter ] not found in WEB-INF/classes or WEB-INF/lib.
For [ /ConverterWAR ]
Error: class [ Converter ] cannot be found within this jar [ ConverterWAR ].
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I'm running Windows 2K (I did see a similar problem someone was having under '98) and I know this tutorial works under W2K. I also have confirmed all my environmental variables are correct.
I am noticing that under the \j2eetutorial\examples\src\ejb\converter directory that I have a number of temp files (intermediate?). Specifically, if I use the Deploytool and select the ConverterApp in the tree view, I see three filenames that appear in the Contents window under the META-INF section:
app-client-ic.jar
ejb-jar-ic.jar
war-ic.war
Well, the temp files look like this (for example):
app-client-temp21282.jar
ejb_temp21276.jar
web_temp21293.war
I don't know if this means anything or not, as I seem to be getting the .ear, .war and .jar files when I deploy the ConverterApp without a problem.
If I try to run the Client from the \j2eetutorial\examples\src\ejb\converter directory using the runclient command, I get the following:
Application threw an exception:java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: ConverterHome
The tutorial has a specific reference to this (p.43 in book) indicating a problem in the ConverterApp.jar file. I've undeployed, deleted ear, war, jar and temp files, and recompiled with ant (twice), thinking I must have skipped a step somewhere, but to no avail.
Both these problems look suspiciously like environment or path issues, but I cannot see anything obviously wrong. I confirmed that I do have a ConverterHome.class file in the C:\j2eetutorial\examples\build\ejb\converter directory too.
Has anyone seen this before who can share how to fix the issue?
Thanks for the help!
Jon

Answer 1

I have the same problem when trying to run 'Converter' example on Sun Deployment tool.
When I tried to use verifier for the ConverterApp I got the following message
"Error: Class [ ConverterHome ] not found in WEB-INF/classes or WEB-INF/lib.
For [ /ConverterWAR ]
Error: class [ ConverterHome ] cannot be found within this jar [ ConverterWAR ].
Error: Class [ Converter ] not found in WEB-INF/classes or WEB-INF/lib.
For [ /ConverterWAR ]
Error: class [ Converter ] cannot be found within this jar [ ConverterWAR ]."
When I tried to run the client app using the runclient command I got the
following message
"C:\j2eeDeployPractice\src\ejb\converter\runclient -client converter.ear -name converterClient -testauth
No application client desriptors defined for: converterClient"
Note: I was able to run the web client successfully when
using this URL: "http://localhost:8000/converter/index.jsp"
Any idea how to fix those error message is grealy appreciated.
KH